From left, Muriel Humphrey, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Lady Bird Johnson, and PresidentLyndon B. Johnson at the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Lady Bird's opinions andassistance were important to LBJ. LBJ Library Photo by Cecil Stoughton.of her husband's efforts and the rightness of his cause. In her WhiteHouse Diary she recalled those long days when she provided not onlymoral support, but also brought him clean clothes and sustenance as heoutlasted a southern-led filibuster to get the bill to PresidentEisenhower's desk.23The country got a close look at Lady Bird's character and vulnerabilityfour days before the 1960 election when she and Johnson went to Dallasto campaign. A right-wing Republican congressman, Bruce Alger, hadmobilized a group of women described by the press as '"Junior Leaguetypes, many in mink coats." They met the Johnsons in the lobby of theBaker Hotel and pursued them across the street to the Adolphus whereJohnson was to make a campaign speech, yelling at them and spitting onthem both. "As Lady Bird was stepping out, one of the pickets impulsivelysnatched Mrs. Johnson's gloves from her hands and threw them in thegutter. Lady Bird went white. It was still a time when incivility was rare inpolitics, when public figures felt safe in crowds," wrote one eyewitness.